Publisher Description
Another award-winning science education app from Werkz Publishing (EDDIE Award from ComputEd Gazette). *****A perfect app for a physical science, chemistry, biology or integrated science course that is designed to engage students to explore measuring volume, mass, density and temperature and the relationships between each. It is designed to address the needs of all students in the topic. *****Covers the subtopics of: Measuring Volume What is the S.I. unit of volume? What apparatuses are used to measure volume and why? Graduated cylinder Beaker Erlenmeyer flask Pipette Volumetric flask What is a meniscus? What are the formulas for measuring volumes of regular solids? Cube Cuboid Cylinder Sphere Cone How do we measure the volume of an irregular solid? Measuring Mass What is the S.I. unit of mass? What instruments are used for measuring mass and why? Beam balances Electronic balances Spring balances Measuring Density What is the S.I. unit of density? What is the relationship between volume and mass? What substances would float or sink in water? Measuring Temperature What is the S.I. unit of temperature? What instruments are used for measuring temperature? Digital thermometer Infrared thermometer Clinical thermometer Laboratory thermometer Thermocouple *****Includes: Hands-on investigations one can do at home or school Many virtual experiments Videos demonstrating instrument use Think! questions and Do You Know? prompts to encourage critical-thinking ***** Other Key Features: - Checkpoints - Main Points summary - Concept Map - Test Yourself (summary questions)
Requires iOS 5.1 or later. Compatible with iPad.